DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Lineage and Honors 504th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION Constituted 29 July 1921, in the Organized Reserves as the 304th Military Police Battalion. Organized in April 1922 in Tennessee. Inactivated January 1938 in Tennessee; concurrently, withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Re-designated 1 June 1940 as the 504th Military Police Battalion activated 15 May 1941 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. (Company D inactivated 20 June 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas). Inactivated 20 January 1947 at Heidelberg, Germany. Reactivated 2 October 1950 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. After the reactivation the battalion was re-stationed to Ft. Lewis Washington October 1962. (Companies A, B, and C Inactivated 3~ July 1972 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.) World War II TunisiaSicily (with arrowhead)Naples-Foggla (with arrowhead)Anzlo (with arrowhead)Rome-ArnoSouthern France (with arrowhead)RhinelandArdennes-AlsaceCentral Europe Vietnam Defense Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase 11 Counteroffensive, Phase III TET Counteroffensive CounteroffensiveCounteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase VCounteroffensive, Phase VI TET 69/Counteroffensive Summer-Fall 1969 Winter-Spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase V l Consolidation I DECORATIONS Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered Vietnam 1965-1966 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-197O Republic of Vietnam Cross of gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1972. Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970.